State officials have called for giving property-poor districts a bigger share of state funding.
The author of the bill, Patrick O'Donnell, says he is open to examining the fairness of the school modernization program's funding.
Advocates for more equitable state funding of school facilities see proposals for multi-billion dollar state construction bonds in 2020 and 2022 as a chance to make a case for changing the state formula for distributing money.
